Overlook Drive-In
126 Degarmo Road,
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12603
126 Degarmo Road,
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12603
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Oh no. Why is the Hyde Park not opening
The Overlook is opening on May 12th, but the Hyde Park will be closed this season.
It’s the beginning of May and no indication of an opening date for the Overlook Drive In movie theater in Poughkeepsie New York. Along with the Hyde Park Drive in movie theater in Hyde Park New York. Both Theatre‘s have been operated by The Cohen Family since 1955. I would think that they would be opening this Friday with gardens of the galaxy 3. No updates to the Facebook page. Their telephone line has not been updated. No response to email. Now when you check their website it says the account is suspended. This doesn’t seem to be good. I can’t imagine the family just pulling out and not opening either driving. Especially the one in Poughkeepsie the overlook Drive in Theatre.
776 cars.
Opened with “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “California”.
found this cool video of the drive-in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x8FdjHRqfU
Odd name!!
The Overlook must have been built in a hurry! From the Poughkeepsie Journal, Aug. 4, 1949:
Four Albany men have formed a corporation which has purchased property in the Overland Road, Town of LaGrange, as a site for a drive-in theater, it was learned today.
The Albany group has purchased approximately 12 acres of land of the George Beyer property in Overlook road. The deed of the transaction indicated a consideration of $9,000. Members of the corporation were identified as Harry Lamont, Gerald S. Schwartz, Sidney Urbach and Lewis A. Sumberg. The last named is attorney to the corporation.
… The theater will accommodate 700 cars, it was said. The 12-acre tract is bounded on the east by Overlook road and on the west by the Wappingers creek. It is close to DeGarmo bridge.
The 1949-50 Theatre Catalog listed the Overlook’s owner as Harry Lamont, and its capacity as 700 cars. Other references list the capacity at 500.
The 1952-54 Motion Picture Almanacs listed the owner as “Dutchess Drive-In, Inc., H. Lamont”. Lamont was listed by himself from 1955 through 1966.
In the 1982 MPA, the Overlook is listed under Lagrange with the owner S. F. Cohen, and that’s the way it stayed through its last drive-in list in 1988.
September 10th, 1949 grand opening ad in photo section.
Shouldn’t that be “Harry & Tonto” not Toronto?
Alicia, the movies playing the Overlook Drive-in Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY on June 1, 1976 were a double feature of Mother Jugs and Speed and Harry and Toronto. Sorry my reply being late by about eight years.
1969 sees “PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE” and “GUIDE FOR A MARRIED MAN” playing both rated “M”.
Somebody’s sniffing for answers for You Can’t Win! LMAO. You’re not alone!
Does anyone know how to find out what two movies were playing at the Overlook back in 1976? June 1 st to be exact? Lish
Mentioned in a NYTimes CT Section piece on the two drive-ins left in Connecticut.
http://tinyurl.com/6ogwv4
Excellent!
I can verify that the two drive-ins near me (Overlook and Hyde Park) do a bang-up business in the summer, so there’s definitely a market for drive-ins. Now let’s bring back the automat and the drive-in restaurant!
Correct NYDave. Here in New Jersey, the Delsea Drive-in reopened after being closed for almost 20 years. And in Maryland and Texas, I believe some brand new ones were built in the last few years.
I believe a handful of drive-ins have actually OPENED in recent years, in a modest reversal of a long-time trend. I don’t have corroborating data at the moment to back that up, but I distinctly remember reading that somewhere within the past couple of years
Is there any way to get even a rough estimate of how many operating drive-ins are left in the US? I think the peak was in the thousands back in the early to mid 50s.
This is an EXCELLENT DRIVE IN! The screen is BIG.Trees flank both sides of the screen.In addition there are NO HOUSES,BUSINESSES around the Drive In
This makes it whisper quiet and with no light anywhere around it is pitch dark PERFECT for viewing!
Like its sister drive-in in Hyde Park, I love this place and have been going there for years. Long live drive-ins!